2008 CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT radio

Setting the Date
1. Press thewknob (the passenger side knob)
to enter the main menu.
2. Turn the same knob until SET DATE displays.
3. Press this knob to select SET DATE.
4. Turn this knob to adjust the date.
5. Press the same knob to update the time.
VEHICLE DATE UPDATED displays.
If the DATE is programmed into one of the congurable
keys, pressing the key switches the display back to
the date set function. The time and date always appears
on the radio display. See “Congurable Radio Display
Keys” later in this section for more information on
conguring the keys.
Radio(s)
Playing the Radio
O
(Power):Press to turn the radio on and off.
Press and hold for more than two seconds to turn off
the radio, RSE (Rear Seat Entertainment) video screen,
and RSA (Rear Seat Audio).
n(Volume):Turn clockwise or counterclockwise to
increase or to decrease the volume.Radio with CD and DVD
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SRCE (Source):Press to select a source, either radio,
CD, DVD, or auxiliary, if your vehicle has this feature.
The CD or DVD must be loaded to select the source and
to play. CD or DVD displays if a disc is loaded. If a
CD or DVD is not loaded, the display changes to the
auxiliary source, if your vehicle has this feature, or
continue to play the radio.
Vehicle Noise Compensation (VNC):Your vehicle has
a Bose
®audio system. It includes Bose AudioPilot®
noise compensation technology. When turned on,
AudioPilot®continuously adjusts the audio system
equalization, to compensate for background noise,
so that the audio always sounds the same at the set
volume level.
This feature is most effective at lower radio volume
settings where background noise can affect how well
the music is being heard through the audio system.
At higher volume settings, where the music is much
louder than the background noise, there might be little
or no adjustments by AudioPilot
®.
Turn the AudioPilot
®on by pressing thew(tune/
select) knob to enter the main menu. Then turn this
knob until VNC:AUDIOPILOT displays. Press this knob
to turn AudioPilot
®on and off. An X appears in the box
while it is on.To turn AudioPilot
®off, press thewknob to enter
the main menu, turn this knob until VNC:AUDIOPILOT
appears, and press this knob. The X in the box
disappears when it is turned off. For additional
information on AudioPilot
®, visit
www.bose.com/audiopilot.
Finding a Station
BAND:Press to select AM, FM1, FM2, or XM1
or XM2 (if equipped).
w(Tune/Select):Turn to select radio stations.
©¨(Seek):Press the left arrow to go to the previous
station and stay there. Press the right arrow to go to
the next station and stay there. The sound mutes while
seeking.
The radio only seeks stations with a strong signal that
are in the selected band.
©¨(Scan):Press the arrows to enter scan mode.
SCAN displays. Press the arrows to scan to the
next station. The radio goes to a station, plays for
ve seconds, and then goes on to the next station.
Press the arrows again to stop scanning.
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To scan preset stations, press and hold the arrows for
more than two seconds until a beep sounds and PSCAN
displays. The radio goes to the rst preset station, plays
for ve seconds, and then goes to the next preset station.
Press the arrows again to stop scanning presets.
The radio only scans stations with a strong signal that are
in the selected band.
ALOCAL/DISTANT Selection:With this feature the
radio can be set to search for local stations or stations
that are further away, for a larger selection. To set
this feature to LOCAL or DISTANT, perform the
following steps:
1. Press the
w(tune/select) knob to enter the
main menu.
2. Turn this knob until SEEK LOCAL or SEEK
DISTANT displays.
3. Press this knob again to select either LOCAL or
DISTANT.
4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
To search for stations, press the seek arrows. If
the system is set to LOCAL, SEEK displays and the
radio seeks stations only with strong signals. If the
system is set to DISTANT, D-SEEK displays and the
radio seeks stations with weak and strong signals.
Setting Preset Stations
Up to 30 stations (six AM, six FM1, six FM2, and
six XM1 and six XM2 (if equipped)), can be programmed
on the six numbered pushbuttons, by performing the
following steps:
1. Turn the radio on.
2. Press BAND to select AM, FM1, FM2, or XM1 or
XM2 (if equipped).
3. Tune in the desired station.
4. Press and hold one of the six numbered
pushbuttons for two seconds until a beep sounds.
The set preset station number displays above
the pushbutton that is set. When that numbered
pushbutton is pressed for less than two seconds,
the station that was set, returns.
5. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
To set the preset stations with an equalization
setting, DSP (Digital Signal Processing) setting,
or a PTY (program type) setting, see each of these
features later in this section. Once one of these
additional settings is selected, the preset station
remembers each setting and it remains active, until
the setting is turned off for that preset station.
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AUTOSTORE PRESETS:To set the preset stations
automatically, perform the following steps:
1. Turn the radio on.
2. Press BAND to select AM, FM1, or FM2.
3. Press the
w(tune/select) knob to enter the
main menu.
4. Turn this knob until AUTOSTORE PRESETS
displays.
5. Press this knob again to select. AUTOSTORE
displays. The radio automatically searches the
band and selects and stores the six radio stations
with the strongest signal. The stations are stored by
signal strength, not sequential order. The set
preset station number displays above the
pushbutton that is set.
6. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
When battery power is removed and later applied, the
radio presets do not have to be reset.
This function does not work with XM™.PRESETS HOME/AWAY:This feature enables the
radio to store two different kinds of station presets.
HOME can be used for local stations and AWAY can be
for stations available outside of the local broadcast
area. To set preset stations for home and away perform
the following steps:
1. Press the
wknob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn this knob until PRESETS HOME/AWAY
displays.
3. Press this knob again to select. HOME or AWAY
displays.
4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
Follow the manual or automatic steps previously listed
for setting the preset pushbuttons for both home
and away.
This function does not work with XM™.
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Digital Signal Processing (DSP):This feature is used
to provide a choice of different listening experiences.
To choose a DSP setting, perform the following steps:
1. Press the
wknob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn this knob until DSP displays.
3. Press this knob again to set the DSP setting.
The DSP setting displays.
4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
The DSP settings available are:
Normal: Select this setting for normal mode.
It provides the best sound quality for all seating
positions.
Centerpoint®: Select this setting to enable Bose
Centerpoint®. Centerpoint®signal processing
gives surround sound quality for a CD, MP3, or a
DVD stereo audio source. Centerpoint
®delivers
ve independent audio channels from conventional
stereo recordings.
Rear: Select this setting to adjust the audio for the
rear seat passengers to receive the best possible
sound quality.
Driver: Select this setting to adjust the audio for the
driver to receive the best possible sound quality.
5.1 Surround: Select this setting to turn on true 5.1
surround sound processing, available for DVD-A
or DVD-V sources that were recorded in 5.1
Surround. This setting is only available if the
Rear Seat Audio (RSA) control is turned off.
5.1 Surround + Normal— Select this mode for
the best audio for all seating positions.
XM™ Satellite Radio Service
XM™ is a satellite radio service that is based in
the 48 contiguous United States and 10 Canadian
provinces. XM™ Satellite Radio has a wide
variety of programming and commercial-free music,
coast-to-coast, and in digital-quality sound. During
your trial or when you subscribe, you will get unlimited
access to XM™ Radio Online for when you are not
in your vehicle. A service fee is required to receive
the XM™ service. For more information, contact
XM™ at www.xmradio.com or call 1-800-929-2100
in the U.S. and www.xmradio.ca or call 1-877-438-9677
in Canada.
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4(Information):Press while in XM™ mode to
retrieve additional text information related to the
current XM™ station such as: Channel, Song, Artist,
and CAT (category). To view this information, perform
the following:
1. Press the
wknob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn this knob until INFO (information) displays.
3. Press this knob again to select INFO. The display
changes to show the additional XM™ information.
4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
Radio Data System (RDS)
The audio system has a Radio Data System (RDS).
RDS features are available for use only on FM stations
that broadcast RDS information.
With RDS, the radio can do the following:
Seek to stations broadcasting the selected type
of programming.
Receive announcements concerning local and
national emergencies.
Display messages from radio stations.
Seek to stations with traffic announcements.This system relies upon receiving specic information
from these stations and only works when the information
is available. In rare cases, a radio station could broadcast
incorrect information that causes the radio features to
work improperly. If this happens, contact the radio station.
While the radio is tuned to an RDS station, the station
name or call letters display instead of the frequency.
RDS stations can also provide the time of day, a program
type (PTY) for current programming, and the name of the
program being broadcast.
The RDS function does not work with XM™.
RDS Messages
ALERT:Alert warns of local and national emergencies.
When, an alert announcement comes on the
current radio station or a related network station,
ALERT displays. The announcement should be heard,
even if the volume is low or a CD or DVD is playing.
If a CD or DVD is playing, play stops during the
announcement. Alert announcements cannot be turned
off. If the radio tunes to a related network station for
the announcement, it returns to the original station
when the announcement ends.
ALERT is not affected by tests of the emergency
broadcast system. This feature is not supported by
all RDS stations.
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MSG (Message):If the current RDS station has a
message, MSG displays. The message displays
the artist, song title, call in phone numbers, etc. If the
entire message does not display, parts of the message
appear every three seconds until the message is
completed. Once the completed message has displayed,
MSG disappears from the display until a new message
is received.
To display the last message, perform the following
steps:
1. Press the
wknob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn this knob until RECALL RDS MESSAGE
displays.
3. Press this knob again until the message displays.
Once the message has been displayed, MSG
disappears from the display until another new message
is received.
TP (Traffic Program):TP displays when the radio
detects a signal from an RDS station that has traffic
announcement broadcast capability.TA (Traffic Announcement):If TA displays, it means
the tuned radio station broadcasts traffic
announcements.
If the station does not broadcast traffic announcements,
when TA is turned on it seeks to a station that does.
When a station that broadcasts traffic announcements is
found, the radio stops seeking and TA displays. If no
station is found that broadcasts traffic announcements,
No Traffic displays.
The radio plays traffic announcements even if the
volume is low. The radio interrupts the play of a CD or
DVD if the last tuned station broadcasts traffic
announcements.
To turn TA on or off, perform the following steps:
1. Press the
wknob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn this knob until TRAFFIC ANNOUNCE displays.
3. Press this knob again to select ON or OFF.
An X appears in the box when ON is selected.
4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display.
To return to the original display, repeatedly press
the BACK (F6) button or wait for the display
to time out.
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Activating Program Type (PTY)
Stations (RDS and XM™)
PTY lets you search for stations with specic types of
music. The selectable PTYs are POP, EASY, TALK,
CNTRY (Country), CLASS (Classical), and JAZZ.
To activate program types, perform the following steps:
1. Press the
wknob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn this knob until PROGRAM TYPE MODE
displays.
3. Press this knob again to select ON or OFF.
An X appears in the box when ON is selected.
4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display.
To return to the original display, repeatedly press
the BACK (F6) button or wait for the display
to time out.
Once program type is activated the PTYs displays
above the pushbuttons, in place of the preset stations
(if programmed). Press the pushbutton for the
desired PTY. The radio might not go to all of the
stations with that music type when pressing the
pushbutton, as not all stations support PTYs.AF (Alternate Frequency):Alternate frequency allows
the radio to switch to a stronger station with the
same program type.
To turn AF on or off, perform the following steps:
1. Press the
wknob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn this knob until ALTERNATE FREQ. displays.
3. Press this knob again to select AF OFF, AF ON,
or AF REG (regular). When AF is selected an
X appears in that box.
4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display.
To return to the original display, repeatedly press
the BACK (F6) button or wait for the display
to time out.
This function does not work with XM™.
Radio Message
THEFTLOCK:This message displays when the
THEFTLOCK®system has activated. Take the vehicle
to the dealer/retailer for service.
Radio Messages for XM™ Only
SeeXM Radio Messages on page 3-90later in this
section for further detail.
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